Noida Lockdown news updates: People on Monday had to pay a high price for violating the closing rules in Noida and the Greater Noida area, as Gautam Buddh Nagar police said they have seized nearly a dozen vehicles and issued challans to 1,470 people.
“A total of 4,745 vehicles were screened at 200 barrier points in the district and challans were issued to 1,470 of them, while 11 others were confiscated,” police said in a statement.
The development occurs when Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which prohibits the assembly of more than four people, is in force in Gautam Buddh Nagar, where the pandemic has claimed at least 43 lives so far.
Police at Gautam Buddh Nagar said that, in total, Rs 1.58,700 was raised during the auction.
Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 79 new COVID-19 cases on Monday that brought the district count to 5,509. The number of active cases increased to 921, as 43 more COVID-19 patients were discharged since Sunday.
The number of active cases in the district showed a steady increase over the past week. There were 886 active cases on Sunday, up from 846 on Saturday, 796 on Friday, 730 on Thursday, and 679 on Wednesday.
Gautam Buddh Nagar (921) ranks 10th on the state’s list of districts in terms of active cases. The maximum active cases are in Lucknow (4,345) followed by Kanpur Nagar (3,640), Allahabad (1,828), Varanasi (1,756), Bareilly (1,569), Gorakhpur (1,219), Ballia (1,097), Jaunpur (1,070) and Ghaziabad ( 929), according to the data.
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